❓ Ms Radisich questions the Minister for Education regarding a state-funded conference workshop by sex worker group Phoenix. The Minister confirms he cancelled the workshop, deeming it inappropriate and a waste of taxpayer money.
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I am not very shy, but I blush a little at having to ask the minister whether he is aware of the sex worker group Phoenix and the fact that it is presenting a workshop entitled “Whore-i-gami - The Art of Towel Rolling, Folding and Shaping in the Sex Industry” at this Friday’s state government-funded community education conference Making Connections? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I am aware that Phoenix was intending to make a presentation of that description at the conference. When it came to my attention, bearing in mind that the conference is funded by the State Government, I directed the Department of Education and Training to drop the presentation by the Phoenix group, because I thought it was totally inappropriate for such a conference and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. I could not have stood by - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I am aware that Phoenix was intending to make a presentation of that description at the conference. When it came to my attention, bearing in mind that the conference is funded by the State Government, I directed the Department of Education and Training to drop the presentation by the Phoenix group, because I thought it was totally inappropriate for such a conference and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. I could not have stood by - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
I am aware that Phoenix was intending to make a presentation of that description at the conference. When it came to my attention, bearing in mind that the conference is funded by the State Government, I directed the Department of Education and Training to drop the presentation by the Phoenix group, because I thought it was totally inappropriate for such a conference and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. I could not have stood by - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share.
Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share.
However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I am aware that Phoenix was intending to make a presentation of that description at the conference. When it came to my attention, bearing in mind that the conference is funded by the State Government, I directed the Department of Education and Training to drop the presentation by the Phoenix group, because I thought it was totally inappropriate for such a conference and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. I could not have stood by - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
I am aware that Phoenix was intending to make a presentation of that description at the conference. When it came to my attention, bearing in mind that the conference is funded by the State Government, I directed the Department of Education and Training to drop the presentation by the Phoenix group, because I thought it was totally inappropriate for such a conference and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. I could not have stood by - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The program was brought to my attention a day or so ago. That was unusual because these sorts of things are not normally brought to the attention of a minister. As I was to open the conference, I am glad someone with a keen eye spotted this and brought it to my attention. Workshop Ten is described in the following terms - This fun and interactive workshop will enable participants to delve into some unknown facts about the sex industry whilst participating in what is the most frequent task in sex industry premises - the folding of towels! However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share. The State Government is 110 per cent committed to providing quality education and training for all Western Australians. We have a demonstrable, positive track record - as opposed to our unfortunate predecessors. More young people are staying in school than has occurred for a decade. The sad legacy of the previous Government is now part of the past. More people are in apprenticeships and traineeships than has been the case for a long time. I pay tribute to my predecessor as Minister for Training, the member for Nollamara, because he put in place the building blocks that have seen a staggering growth in the number of apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia. The increase has been 19 per cent in the past 12 months. That puts Western Australia ahead of the nation. However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
However, even the mundane towel becomes an item of intrigue when we demonstrate its decorative qualities. Towels are often used to elaborately decorate a sex worker’s workspace. In the same way as origami is the intricate folding of paper into shapes Whore-i-gami is the shaping of towels. Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share.
Participants will be invited to participate and join in storytelling while they are introduced to the work environment of sex-workers and the skills sex-workers share.
However, the abuse of taxpayers’ money for such workshops cannot be tolerated. The presentation by Phoenix will not be allowed to proceed. I make two things perfectly clear. Firstly, I am not a prude, but this is unacceptable. Secondly, I have no axe to grind with Phoenix. I believe that Phoenix and the organisers of the seminar are doing themselves a disservice by presenting in this way. No-one will take their message seriously if this is the way they present things. I had no compulsion in ordering the Department of Education and Training to withdraw the presentation. No funding went to Phoenix; the funding was for the seminar, which will go ahead without this presentation. The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Warren-Blackwood for the first time.
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